How to Commit Marriage

How to Commit Marriage is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Norman Panama, and starring Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Tina Louise, Irwin Corey, Leslie Nielsen, Tim Matheson and Jane Wyman in her final film role.[1] It was filmed in the current version of Cinerama. A rock band entitled The Comfortable Chair appears as a rock group, performing their song "A Child's Garden."

How to Commit Marriage
Directed byNorman Panama
Written byMichael Kanin
Ben Starr
Produced byBill Lawrence
StarringBob Hope
Jackie Gleason
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byRonald Sinclair
Music byJoseph J. Lilley
Production
company
Naho Productions[1]
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation[2]
Release date
  • July 7, 1969 (1969-07-07)
[1]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Music student Nancy, the 19-year-old daughter of real estate broker Frank Benson and his wife Elaine, wants to marry fellow music student David, the 20-year-old son of Oliver Poe, a record producer. What the bride doesn't know is that her parents are getting a divorce. Oliver Poe is opposed to marriage and forbids the children from planning their marriage. He discovers and exposes the Bensons' secret. Nancy and David decline this unnecessary marriage. They will live together instead, traveling around the country with a rock band and heeding the advice and wisdom of a Persian mystic called the Baba Zeba. Frank and Elaine see other people. He is involved with a divorcée, Lois Grey, while she is developing an interest in Phil Fletcher, who is recently divorced. Poe meets LaVerne Baker, who becomes his live-in girlfriend. One day, Nancy finds out she is pregnant. The Baba Zeba, paid off by Oliver, persuades Nancy to put up the baby for adoption. Frank and Elaine conspire behind their daughter's back to adopt their own grandchild. Complications arise, resulting in Frank trying to bribe the Baba Zeba and disguising himself as one of the guru's followers. The Bensons are reunited, David and Nancy have a baby, and Poe and LaVerne are married.

Cast

Release

The film grossed $145,350 on June 18, 1969.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. How to Commit Marriage at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. "50 Top-Grossing Films". Variety. June 25, 1969. p. 11.


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